ID front subframe

[protour]

Hey gang,

I recently purchased a 58 Apache fleetside. It has a unknown front subframe under it. I am looking to purchase some new suspension parts but would like to nail down what exactly I should be buying parts for LOL.

In some photos from searching online it looks like a 2nd gen Camaro/firebird subframe but the tie down points in the frame don't match up depending on the pictures I look at (the holes in the frame where the steering box bolts to).

Any help would be appreciated!
Here is the truck. Its a definite 20'er but I'll enjoy it.

[Fatherof3]

Maybe a Nova or other GM N-body equivalent from the 70's which would be almost the same as a 70's area front steer Camaro / Firebird

[protour]

Originally Posted by Fatherof3

Maybe a Nova or other GM N-body equivalent from the 70's which would be almost the same as a 70's area front steer Camaro / Firebird

Not a 70s Nova as the steering box is in the wrong location.

Edit: 76 Nova had a steering box up front, hard to find decent pictures though.

[Mac the Yankee]

Nova, Camaro, etc are designated as X body.

Hard to tell from the pics, but the spindle doesn't look like X Body- maybe G (Monte Carlo)?

[Fatherof3]

Looks like Nova didn't get the front steer until '75. I thought it changed to front steer in '70 like the Camaro. Chevelles were always front steer thought

[Bubba54]

If you can find the casting numbers on the spindles, an internet search might get you there. Good Luck

Shawn

[protour]

Originally Posted by Fatherof3

Looks like Nova didn't get the front steer until '75. I thought it changed to front steer in '70 like the Camaro. Chevelles were always front steer thought

I own a 72 Chevelle, had a good look at mine however the factory a-arms do not match along with the upper control arm support/shape.

Ill see if I can find some casting numbers on the spindles.

[mr48chev]

Single piece spindles mark it as a 73 and up as the earlier Chevelles, Camaros and Novas had bolt on caliper brackets. I'm thinking 73/77 Firebird, Camaro or G body. The fatter sway bar may mean big block car or Trans AM, at least it looks fatter in the photos.

The way it is spliced is the way they did a lot of G body stub swaps.

[protour]

Couple more pictures






The best I can get a measurement is guessing with a tape measure, roughly 58" hub to hub

[protour]

As you can tell the tires are flat, I have no air compressor and the floor jack wasn't working that is in the garage(not my garage)

[Fatherof3]

When you said 58" hub to hub that made me think of G-body as they are 58" from wheeling mounting to wheel mounting surface but the upper control arms aren't arched like the G-bodies I have seen

[protour]

yea I noticed that too. Im starting to think it is a 78 Nova clip... Off to the nova site to go through build threads hahah